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Outpatient Assessment of Infants With Bronchiolitis
Kathy N. Shaw, MD, MS;
Louis M. Bell, MD;
Nancy H. Sherman, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1991;145(2):151-155.
Abstract
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• Two hundred thirteen infants younger than 13 months with bronchiolitis were prospectively followed up to identify the historical, physical, and laboratory clues at initial emergency department evaluation that would help to predict disease severity. Based on their total course of illness, the patients were classified as having mild (139 patients) or severe (74 patients) disease, and the initial emergency department evaluation findings of these two groups were compared. Six independent clinical and laboratory findings were identified that were strongly associated with more severe illness: (1) "ill" or "toxic" general appearance; (2) oxygen saturation less than 95%, as determined by pulse oximetry; (3) gestational age, younger than 34 weeks; (4) respiratory rate, 70/min or greater; (5) atelectasis on a chest roentgenogram; and (6) age, younger than 3 months. The infant's oxygen saturation as determined by pulse oximetry was the single best objective predictor of more severe disease.
(AJDC. 1991;145:151–155)
Author Affiliations
From the Section of Emergency Medicine, Divisions of General Pediatrics (Drs Shaw and Bell) and Infectious Diseases (Dr Bell), Department of Pediatrics, and the Department of Radiology (Dr Sherman), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pa). Dr Sherman is now with the Department of Medical Imaging, Alfred I. DuPont Institute, Wilmington, Del.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication August 17, 1990.
Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Washington, DC, May 3, 1988.
Reprint requests to Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Dr Shaw).
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